[nkace]

<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/stupid.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":sign:"> So my friend had this scab on his hand that he kept wanting to pick. I kept telling him not too. I can't find any information to back me up on this. Picking at scabs only makes it worse & he thinks I am being dumb.<br><br>
Anybody have any ideas??

 

[Keelin]

Picking at scabs... reopens the wounds- slowly down healing, increasing scarring, and giving the wound another chance at infection.<br><br><br><br>
Bad idea! <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/smiley.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="">

 

[jeezycreezy]

<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/spew.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":spew:">

 

[Jessica Alana]

Can't help ya. I'm a picker of everything. Dry skin, scabs, zits, boogers, ingrown hairs. I can't help it.

 

[kpickell]

Me too. Picking scabs is fun. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/tongue3.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=""><br><br><br><br>
Seriously though, it's not a life or death issue so let your friend do what he or she wants.

 

[Jessica Alana]

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<br><br><br><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/kiss.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":kiss:">

 

[jeezycreezy]

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Eek! No thanks! Theres no telling what you've picked off those lips. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/veryangry.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":grr:">

 

[Jessica Alana]

:chews on skin on bottom lip:

 

[Tymps]

I have such a problem with scab-picking. You have no idea...<br><br><br><br>
Why don't you find some info online about scab-pickong (and why it's bad) and show it to your friend? Also, suggest to him that he read a book, see a movie, or do something that will get his mind of the scab that is screaming and screaming to be picked.